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 World number 10 Ivanovic, seeded third in the $1 million event,
was down 5-3 in the opening set but went on to win 10 of the next 13
games to seal her victory against her eighth ranked German opponent.
"In the beginning it really took me some time to adjust to her game.
It wasn't like my previous matches," Ivanovic said.
"But once I adjusted and got more aggressive it started to go my
way, and I'm really happy with the win today because she's always
such a tough and challenging opponent."
The win boosts the former world number one's bid to qualify for the
season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore as it did for her opponent in
Sunday's final.
Wozniacki, also a former top-ranked player, was the first to book
her spot for the final after a tough match against an aggressive
Garbine Muguruza.
The Danish player saved 19 of the 23 break points she faced in the
match, including all nine in the first set, to win 6-4 2-6 6-2
against the 20-year-old Spaniard.
Muguruza gave it her all, hitting 53 winners in the match but was
hurt by the 50 unforced errors she committed.
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"She was playing really, really well and very aggressively, but I
just kept fighting and staying in there, and I think at the end I
had just a little bit more energy than she did," Wozniacki said.
Ivanovic is currently number eight in the race for Singapore, ahead
of Wozniacki, and both are leading contenders for a spot in the five
places left for the event.
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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